About the film
The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a Canadian documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mount Everest in 1970. It follows a Japanese expedition through the planning, preparation, and execution of a partial ascent and high-speed descent of Everest. The film was produced by Crawley Films' "Budge" Crawley and directed by Crawley and Bruce Nyznik.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards on record
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film